Christopher Gabriel Program

Kevin returned to the program to give us a State of the Airport address - how has their Covid plan rolled out, and evolved, over the last 1.5 years, what travelers should expect flying in and out of Fresno, expansion progress (including parking) and plans for the future and how to have a gameplan when flying. 

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Christopher is the founder of Elliott Advocacy, one of the most aggressive, and successful, advocacy groups for travelers in the nation. He's the author of numerous books and writes weekly columns for King Features Syndicate, USA Today, Forbes and the Washington Post. He's also been a regular guest on ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. Another longtime CGP regular, Christopher returned to the program to discuss the declining level of service from airlines, travel vouchers vs refunds, the best way to book your flights and how too often an airlines will take you to an exotic location but suddenly cancel your return leaving you stranded. 

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Eli has been a CGP regular for many years. His work's been published in Sporting News and on Mountain West Wire for quite a while now. He joined me to break down Fresno State, the Mountain West and the state of college basketball on the West Coast... does it suffer from the same thing West Coast college football has hanging over it: No One Cares About Us. 

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Nick brought us two full reviews this week. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (theaters) and King Richard (theaters, HBO Max). He tossed in three quick-hitters: Tick Tock....Boom! (Netflix), House of Gucci (theaters, next Wednesday) and Licorice Pizza (theaters, next Friday). Nick's work can be seen in Variety, Daily Beast, Yahoo Movies, Esquire.

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Luis Chavez makes his first visit to The CGP to discuss a problem that is borderline out of control in Fresno: Street racing. Mr. Chavez, however, has a plan and it's a very intriguing one. He rolls it out here along with potential sticking points. 

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Dr. Kent Karsevar stopped by the program to explain what seems like the obvious but for many really isn't: What, exactly, does a Ronald McDonald House do? The House here in the Central Valley is an invaluable resource of love and support for families dealing with the worst possible circumstances for a son or daughter. 

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George Takata is heard weekday mornings twice an hour between 6-9 am on Fresno's Morning News. George joined the program to discuss the plethora of issues facing the Las Vegas Raiders beginning with the aftermath of Jon Gruden's emails, Henry Ruggs' vehicle slamming into a car (while reportedly driving 156 mph) killing the driver and her dog, and now Damon Arnette's release after video surfaced of him making death threats while waving various guns.

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Nick Schager, from Variety, Daily Beast, Yahoo Movies and Esquire, makes his weekly visit previewing three possibilities for you: Red Notice (Netflix), Belfast (theaters) and Passing (Netflix). 

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Darren Redmond is the executive director of PAIN, Parents and Addicts in Need. He's also the host of the Don't Hide the Scars podcast which he and his colleagues have turned into a powerful documentary, "The Don't Hide the Scars Project." Darren joined the program to explain how/why the film was created and how Fresno is doing in the battle against Fentanyl. 

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Skip Echeverria is the co-host of The Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi here on KMJ (weekdays 2-6 pm PT). She's also a licensed family counselor and therapist. Skip stopped by to talk about the drug issues facing Fresno, addiction and recovery, and how in her role as a therapist she goes about her work helping individuals/families when they seek her counsel. 

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